was strengthened by sandbags. 2,000 people had to leave their homes. Houses would be under 4m of water within seven minutes of the collapse of the dam. A short part of Motorway M1 collapsed near Győr. Fatalities On 17 May, the death toll reached five people. Four of these were in Poland and included a fireman. The fifth was in the Czech Republic. On 21 May, the death toll in Poland had reached at least nine people with the whereabouts of three others being unknown. On 24 May there were 15 confirmed dead in Poland. The flood claimed several casualties in Hungary too: a man, whose house collapsed on him, died in Miskolc, while a woman died and two other persons suffered injuries in a car crash in Fejér county, where a car slipped on the flooded road; also in Fejér county a tree fell during the heavy rain, hitting a man who suffered life-threatening injuries. Recovery Poland asked for assistance from other European Union nations. France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia arrived on 20 May, as well as the Czech Republic, despite that country being affected by the floods too. On 25 May 2010, Poland received help also from Russia (including 18 high-power pumps, 34 boats and 5 mobile power stations). Gallery See also 2010 Romanian floods 2010 Slovenia floods 2010 Var floods European floods: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009 European Flood Alert System Floods directive Global storm activity of early 2010 References External links Floods in Europe Floods in Poland Floods in Germany Floods in Austria Floods in Hungary Floods in Slovakia Floods in the Czech Republic Central European Central European floods Central European floods Central European floods Central European floods Central European floods Central European floods Central European floods Genoa lows Floods in Ukraine May 2010 events in Europe June 2010 events in Europe